PFF: Chargers possess second-best secondary in NFL

Training camp is days away, and Pro Football Focus is just the latest in a line of several NFL publications that have realized just how special the Chargers secondary can be in 2018, after slotting them at No. 2 overall in their rankings right behind the Jaguars.

What gives the team the edge is their unit’s continuity. All of their best cornerbacks are returning players and they’ve only upgraded their core with more additions this offseason.

Between the game’s best cover CB, Casey Hayward, second-year sensation Desmond King, and Trevor Williams, Los Angeles boasts one of the best starting trios in football. But it’s their depth at all positions in the secondary that makes them so scary.

L.A. will see the return of a hopefully healthy former Pro Bowl CB in Jason Verrett as well as one of the game’s best strong safeties in Jaheel Addae to pair with Adrian Phillips and their first-round selection from 2018, Derwin James. Not to mention, they haven’t even scratched the surface on what second-year safety Rayshawn Jenkins brings to the table.

The Chargers might not have the best cornerback duo in the game, they go deeper at the position than any team in the NFL currently. Casey Hayward (96.7 overall grade, and our top cornerback for this season), Desmond King (86.5), Trevor Williams (88.5) and Jason Verrett could all make a starting three rotation anywhere else in the NFL. One will have to be relegated to dime packages though come Week 1. Now they’ve added PFF’s top draftable safety and top five player on our board in James. Good luck to the rest of the AFC West.